Use the “Image with no data” type for images that don’t contain any data or any useful context that might be interesting for someone to look at. For instance, an image containing only the blank background or an image with a microfilm target on it.

Use the “Image with no data” type for images that don’t contain any data or any useful context that might be interesting for someone to look at. For instance, an image containing only the blank background or an image with a microfilm target on it.

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[[Category:World Archives Project]]

[[Category:World Archives Project]]

Revision as of 03:19, 10 May 2013

About this project
This collection contains census books enumerating Cherokee Indians residing in communities and counties within the Cherokee Indian Reservation, or Qualla Reservation, in western North Carolina.

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Project Instructions
This collection contains census books enumerating Cherokee Indians residing in the communities and counties within the Cherokee Indian Reservation, or Qualla Reservation, in western North Carolina.

Images of the census with names to be keyed should be classified as a "Census Page." From these images we are keying the name, gender and age where available. English names should be keyed into the Given and Surname fields, while Indian names should be keyed into the Indian Name field.

If ditto marks appear, such as for a surname, the value above should be keyed. The F3 key can be used to copy a value from the above field.

Images of the census that do not contain any names should be classified as "Continued Image."

Census Page

Choose the "Census" form type when the image contains names of those enumerated.

Prefix

Key any titles before the given name, such as "Dr," "Mr," or "Mrs," as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you.

Given

Key the first name or initial and any middle names as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you. Initials should be keyed with a space between them and without entering the periods.

Surname

Key the surname as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you.

Suffix

Key all titles, such as "Jr" or "III", following the surname as seen on the record using the dictionary provided to assist you.

Indian Name

Key the Indian name as seen on the image using the dictionary provided to assist you.

Age

Key the age at the time the record was recorded. The age will typically appear in an "Age" column.

Gender

Key the gender in its full form, using the dictionary provided to assist you. Gender will be indicated either by an "M" or "F" in a "Sex" column, or with tick marks in an "M" or "F" column.

Keying Image Samples

Continued Image

Choose the "Continued Image" when the image contains census information but no names are present.

Additional Image Samples

Cover page, Section header, etc.

Use the “Cover page, Section header, etc” type for images that don’t contain any data, but might be interesting to look at because they provide some type of context for the image set. For instance, historical notes, affidavits, and so forth.

Additional Image Samples

Image with no data

Use the “Image with no data” type for images that don’t contain any data or any useful context that might be interesting for someone to look at. For instance, an image containing only the blank background or an image with a microfilm target on it.